MODULE 6 The CT Exam Questions with
correct answers
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A NECESSARY PART OF THE SCREENING PROCESS?
1. is the patient pregnant
2. question medical history
3. ask about allergies - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-1,2,3
HOW MANY TIMES SHOULD A PATIENT BE SCREENED BEFORE HAVING A CT EXAM? - VERIFIED
ANSWER✔✔-C. More than once
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A LAB TEST TO DETERMINE IF THE KIDNEYS ARE PROPERLY
REMOVING IMPURITIES FROM THE BLOOD? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-A.Creatinine
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A LAB TEST TO DETERMINE IF THE BLOOD WILL PROPERLY
COAGULATE?
1. BUN
2. Platelet count
3. PTT - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-2 and 3
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A CONTRAINDICATION FOR A CT EXAM?
1. aneurysm clips
2. cardiac pacemakers
3. allergy to shellfish - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-1, 2, and 3
IF A PATIENT IS POSITIONED SUPINE FOR A CT SCAN, SHE IS: - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-B.On her
back
IN PREPARATION FOR A CT EXAM OF THE BRAIN, PATIENTS MUST:
1. remove pants and belt
2. remove glasses and dentures
3. drink oral contrast - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-2 ONLY
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE BEST ORIENTATION FOR A LOCALIZER IMAGE FROM WHICH
TO SET UP DIRECT CORONAL SLICES FOR A SINUS STUDY? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-A. lateral
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A TYPICAL REASON FOR USING THINNER SLICES IN THE
POSTERIOR FOSSA COMPARED WITH THE SUPERIOR REGIONS OF THE BRAIN?
1. reduce streak artifacts
2. minimize tube heating problems
3. reduce the appearance of noise - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-1 ONLY
IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STUDIES WOULD THE OCCIPITAL BONE BE VISUALIZED? -
VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-A. routine brain
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COMBINATIONS IS BEST FOR EVALUATING ABNORMALITIES
WITHIN THE PETROUS PYRAMIDS OF THE TEMPORAL BONE?. - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-C.Sharp
algorithm, WW=2200, 2 mm slices
FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD THERE BE SLICES FROM THE ANTERIOR CLINOID
THROUGH THE DORSUM SELLA? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-D.Coronal pituitary study
FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CT EXAMS IS IV CONTRAST MEDIA NOT ADMINISTERED? -
VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-C.Sinus
correct answers
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A NECESSARY PART OF THE SCREENING PROCESS?
1. is the patient pregnant
2. question medical history
3. ask about allergies - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-1,2,3
HOW MANY TIMES SHOULD A PATIENT BE SCREENED BEFORE HAVING A CT EXAM? - VERIFIED
ANSWER✔✔-C. More than once
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A LAB TEST TO DETERMINE IF THE KIDNEYS ARE PROPERLY
REMOVING IMPURITIES FROM THE BLOOD? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-A.Creatinine
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A LAB TEST TO DETERMINE IF THE BLOOD WILL PROPERLY
COAGULATE?
1. BUN
2. Platelet count
3. PTT - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-2 and 3
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A CONTRAINDICATION FOR A CT EXAM?
1. aneurysm clips
2. cardiac pacemakers
3. allergy to shellfish - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-1, 2, and 3
IF A PATIENT IS POSITIONED SUPINE FOR A CT SCAN, SHE IS: - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-B.On her
back
IN PREPARATION FOR A CT EXAM OF THE BRAIN, PATIENTS MUST:
1. remove pants and belt
2. remove glasses and dentures
3. drink oral contrast - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-2 ONLY
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE BEST ORIENTATION FOR A LOCALIZER IMAGE FROM WHICH
TO SET UP DIRECT CORONAL SLICES FOR A SINUS STUDY? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-A. lateral
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A TYPICAL REASON FOR USING THINNER SLICES IN THE
POSTERIOR FOSSA COMPARED WITH THE SUPERIOR REGIONS OF THE BRAIN?
1. reduce streak artifacts
2. minimize tube heating problems
3. reduce the appearance of noise - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-1 ONLY
IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STUDIES WOULD THE OCCIPITAL BONE BE VISUALIZED? -
VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-A. routine brain
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COMBINATIONS IS BEST FOR EVALUATING ABNORMALITIES
WITHIN THE PETROUS PYRAMIDS OF THE TEMPORAL BONE?. - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-C.Sharp
algorithm, WW=2200, 2 mm slices
FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD THERE BE SLICES FROM THE ANTERIOR CLINOID
THROUGH THE DORSUM SELLA? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-D.Coronal pituitary study
FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CT EXAMS IS IV CONTRAST MEDIA NOT ADMINISTERED? -
VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-C.Sinus
